If you could have a dinner party with 3 royals dead or alive , who would they be?

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The late queen
Prince Phillip
Princess Anne

Elizabeth I
Victoria
Elizabeth II

All the girl power! I bet we’d have a great conversation. And gosh, all the changes these women must have seen in the world during their long reigns. Would be fascinating to hear them chat to each other as well as to me.

Princess Margaret
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Charlotte

Henry VIII but I’d keep myself alert at all times
then Queen Victoria and Albert could come too

I'd have Diana for sure. Also Camilla. There would be no awkward silences because I would also have the the lovely late Katharine, Duchess of Kent as peace-maker and advocate. Plus, we could talk about tennis.

Genghis Khan. I want to know if he is handsome with great cheekbones.

Of the more recent-ish royals

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone - she attended 4 coronations and had 6 monarchs in her lifetime from Queen Victoria (her grandmother) to QEII (her great niece. She would have some stories!

Queen Louise of Sweden - sister to Earl Mountbatten and Princess Alice (Prince Philip’s mother) she was born Princess Louise of Battenberg, then changed to Lady Louise Mountbatten. She married the Swedish crown prince, became the leading lady in Sweden after his mother’s death and then became Queen. She was viewed as eccentric and spoke out in the 20s about gender equality and had opinions on Rasputin.

Duchess of Gloucester - what’s it really like when you marry the younger son of a Duke, thinking you’ll live with your posh architect husband and get the chance to wear some spectacular jewels a few times a year at royal events, then just six weeks later have his brother die and totally change your future.

Catherine de Medici
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II

I would like to potter around talking to plants with the King. All sorts of plants. And not talking about anything else.

Marry a rich bloke would be my guess.

King Arthur (to see if he was real)
Richard 3rd (to see how badly Shakespeare did him wrong)
Anne of cleeves (because her singing Six makes her sound fascinating)
if Arthur wasn’t real the Charles 2nd as I think he’d make a great dinner guest.

Margaret Beaufort
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Princess Alice, mother of Philip.

Elizabeth of York ( wife of Henry VII)
Edward V
Edward the IV

Mary Queen of Scots
Charles II
Boudica

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Catherine de Medici
Empress Livia

All frequently maligned, especially Livia, so I would LOVE to hear their stories rather than the patriarchal spin.

Definitely QE1 and QE2, because it would be amazing to be able to introduce them and hear their chat. Then I’d add in a really ancient queen like Kubaba of Kish (if she existed) or Hatshepsut - just because I’m fascinated with life in ancient times and would have loads of questions. (Plus a translator…)

Marie Antoinette - did you say let them eat cake ou non Madame?

Katherine Swynford

William the Conquerer

Also, Anne Boleyn if allowed a 4th.

Richard 3
Elizabeth 1
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Anne Boleyn, Mary and Elizabeth Tudor. Just to watch the sparks fly 😂

@CathyorClaire Indeed. Diana told the press shortly before she died to expect some very interesting news (or words to that affect). We'll never know.

I thought Katherine Swynford, but there are too many to choose from! Margaret Beaufort her descendant would have been another…

Elizabeth I
Catherine de Medici
Princess Diana

I'd build up a tolerance to Iocane powder and then invite Andrew MW.

Prince William of Gloucester, so handsome!
Queen Maxima because I think she'd be great fun.
Queen Victoria because lots of good food

Wallace Simpson
Prince Albert (Victoria's husband)
Queen Alexandra

Many more but those three would be invited first 🫅

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